Bottle stopper and sprinkler.



UNITED STATES FFCE l-IARRXT O. BRAWNER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

BOTTLE sToPPER AND SPRINKLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 709,391, dated September16, 1902.

' Application filed August l, 1901. Serial No. 70,530. (No model.)

To all 1072/072@ it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, HARRY O. BRAWNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, State of Maryland, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Bottle Stoppers and Sprinklers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Myinventionrelates to bottle Stoppers and` sprinklers, and moreespecially to improvements in glass bottle-Stoppers provided with meansfor not only closing the bottle-mouth, but for enabling the operation ofsprinking of the contents of the bottle to becarried into edect in thesimplest possible manner.

My object is to provide a stopper for bot-l bottle-closure a sprinklingdevice in which valvesand other complicated mechanism for segregatingdrops of water from the liquid contents of the bottle in order to effectthe proper division of the liquid as it is discharged from the bottle in`fine drops or sprays are wholly dispensed with.

With these objects in view my invention consists in the novelconstruction and the details thereof, as hereinafter described withreference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sideView of a bottle, showing my invention "applied thereto. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a perspective Adetailview of the several parts comprising my improved stopper, and Fig. LLisa broken sectional view showing the device in operation.

Referring now to the drawings, in which the samereference charactersrelate to the same or corresponding parts in all the views,

the numeral 7 indicates a bottle, which may.

be of any suitable form, to which is applied the bottle-stopper 2,preferably made of glass, which stopper is molded in the form shown,wherein a laterally-projecting flange forms a shoulder which contactswith the top 10 of the bottle-mouth, sealing the same. ,The body of thestopper is formed with an inwardly-projecting nipple 14 and anoutwardly-projecting portion, preferably squared at its outer face toform a suitable contact-face 11 for the closing device or supplementarystopper l.

The stopper 2 is perforated by a tapered passage 5, which terminates ina fine opening 9, forming the inlet from the bottle to the passage 5,through which the liquid contents in the bottle are discharged.

It will be observed that the passage 5 is gradually tapered from thesmallest diameter at the reduced opening 9 tothe outer end of thestopper 2, the fiat end of the stopper forming a contact-face for theclosing device or supplementary stopper l.

The main stopper structure 2 is seated in the bottle-mouth and sealedtherein by means of a suitable washer 6, preferably of cork, and asimilar cork washer 3 is fitted within the outer and enlarged end of thetapered passage 5 and acts as a seal for the closing or supplementarystopper 1. The supplementary stopper 1 consists of the spherical head,from which extends a cylindrical nipple 13, above which nipple is alateral liange 12, adapted to form a close joint with the contact-face11 of the bottle-stopper 2. The nipple 13 is seated within the enlargedend 8 of the passage 5, which is preferably cylindrical at this point.

With astopper constructed as hereinbefore described it will be observedthat the main stopper, forming a closure for the bottlemouth, consistsof two parts-the main structure 2, closing the bottleemouth by contactof the shoulder 4 with the top surface 10 of the bottle-mouth, and thesupplementary stopper 1, closing the sprinkling-passage in the mainstopper 2.

When it is desired to use the bottle as a sprinkler, it is onlynecessary to remove the supplementary stopper l, invert the bottle and`agitate the same, as shown in Fig. 4, by which movement the liquidcontents of the bottle, owing to the fine outlet-opening through thestopper structure 2, communicating with the tapered passage 9, aredischarged in ne drops from the bottle in such quantities and in such afine state of division as may be desired, according to the frequency andforce with which the bottle is agitated.

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While the liquid contents may be readily sprinkled inthe manner aboveindicated, it should be observed that though the bottle may be invertedafter the stopper l is removed no discharge of' the liquid will takeplace until the bottle is agitated, nor will any such discharge takeplace if the supplementary stopper be accidentally removed and thebottle upset or turned over on its side, b`e cause in order to effectany discharge of the contents from the bottle it is necessary to agitatethe same to permit a sufficient quantity of air to' enter the bottlethrough the tapered passage, and without such agitation, owing to theineness of the inner end of the tapered passage leadingdirectly into thebottle,the liquid contents of the bottle in contact with thebottle-stopper are held in suspension and prevented from ejection fromthe bottle.

My improvement is ,especially adapted for use upon bottles designed forholding perfumes, toilet waters, hair-tonics,and the like, although itmay be applied to bottles of any character on which it is desired toprovide a simple and eective closure and a sprinkling device combinedtherewith.

lI claim as my inventionl. The herein-described improvement in bottleStoppers and sprinklers, consisting of a stopper adapted to be tted to abottle-mouth and having a laterallyprojecting flange in contact with theupper surface of the said bottle-mouth, and a tapered passage extendingthrough the bottle-stopper and terminating in a line opening at theinner end of the stopper' and gradually increasing in diameter from theopening at the inner end of the stopper toward its outer end,and asupplementary stopper having a lateral flange closing the enlarged endof the tapered passage, substantially as described.

2. The herein-'described improvement in bottle Stoppers and sprinklers,consisting of a main-stopper structure adapted to close thebottle-mouth, and having a lateral flange adapted to be seated on theouter surface of the bottle-mouth, and an inwardly-projecting nipplehaving a smooth outer surface, a washer surrounding said nipple, saidmain stopper having a passage therethrough gradually increasing frtm ane opening at the inner end to an enlarged opening at the outer end ofthe stopper, a supplementary stopper adapted to be seated in the outerend of said passage having a laterally-projecting flange in Contact withthe outer end of said main stopper, and an inwardly-projecting nippleHARRY O. BRAWNER.

Witnesses:

LEE PURCELL, AUG. W. BRADFORD.

